The parent company of vendor management software company Beeline has acquired freelance management company OnForce for an undisclosed amount, in a deal the two companies said would provide an end-to-end solution to position solution providers for an exploding market for freelance talent.

Microsoft is planning to get more aggressive about closing volume licensing opportunities that come in through its retail stores, but partners that sell licensing say this could take a bite out of their revenue.

Microsoft's Developer Experience team, a 13-year-old internal unit that works with third-party developers, is moving to Microsoft's SMSG group, where it'll report to COO Kevin Turner for the first time.

Many of the young companies on this year's CRN Emerging Vendors list are clustered in the big data and business intelligence arena, pushing the technology envelope in business analytics and data management.

Many of the young companies on this year's CRN Emerging Vendors list are clustered in the big data and business intelligence arena, pushing the technology envelope in business analytics and data management. Here is Part One of our list.

While a large group of EMC's investors continue to hope that EMC will sell parts of itself to create more clear valuation for them, EMC is likely heading in the opposite direction by considering more acquisitions, according to a top analyst.